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The Maker Movement

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A look at the maker movement in Maine:  New maker spaces are gaining in popularity, more people are finding satisfaction - and profit - in creating things with their hands, and young people are learning about how think like a 'maker,’ which includes independent inventors, designers and tinkerers.

Guests: Megan Frazer Blakemore, author, maker, educator, school librarian

Jake Ryan, founder and director of the Open Bench Project in Portland

Devon Kelley-Yurdin, outreach and education director for Engine, a maker space in Biddeford

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